Graham drops his groceries as gracefully as only Inspector Clouseau could he gets tangled in phone cords in the goofiest of manners and is constantly tripping over himself and objects on his way to see the annoying vagrant locked up.īut was the vagrant there at all? You see, Graham is a bit of loony himself. And it’s all at the hands of the local homeless man he sees sneaking in and out of his house.
For 90-minutes straight, it never takes itself seriously, yet manages to both be creepy and comical as Graham begins to doubt his own sanity. The Vagrant, much like the character it takes its name from, never announces itself, but damn if it doesn’t prove to be effective in establishing all the right tones. There are so many things going on in the background of Graham’s new/old home and on the face of the vagrant ( Total Recall’s Marshall Bell) that audiences will certainly be in for some surprises.
#The vagrant movie upgrade#
It is obsession turned on its head and Paxton sells every horrific bit of it as comedy.ĭirected by Chris Walas, a special effects/make-up artist (known for the effects in The Fly, Gremlins, and the face melting scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark), this little known horror-comedy is definitely worthy of the punched-up visual upgrade that Scream Factory has provided.
Paxton sharpens his character acting skills in the lead role by playing a hopeful yuppie who purchases a home he then suspects a homeless man to be using and abusing as his own life goes up in flames. The Vagrant, celebrating its HD debut this week thanks to Scream Factory, is an absolute hoot of manic amusement. His slap happy performance as the young executive Graham Krakowski in 1992’s The Vagrant often (and unjustly) gets overlooked.īut that’s about to change with this release. He was a damn good character actor and, as made clear by the horror and hysterics of The Vagrant, always made memorable even the straightest of characters. From Weird Science to Aliens and beyond, the characters he played were almost always left or right of center. The late Bill Paxton certainly had an interesting career in movies.
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